Pages

Friday, September 30, 2011

Fond Remembrances: Itty Bitty Paintings for Joey and Maggie

'Joey' and 'Maggie' on canvas in front of Frankenmuth Dachshund

Continuing on with yesterday's theme of being taken back by the kindness of people, one day last April we got a package in the mail from our good pals 'Turbo' and 'Lily,' two long dogs who work closely with and volunteer a lot of their time for MidWest Dachshund Rescue. We had no idea a package was coming from them, and when we opened it, we were absolutely shocked at the beauty inside: itty bitty paintings of your 'Long and Short of it All' hosts 'Joey' and 'Maggie,' complete with itty bitty easels to display them on. Apparently Turbo and Lily had a relative (we apologize that we can't read the artist's name on the back), paint several small paintings to be sold at MWDR's big "Cross Town Bark Around" Fundraiser in May. In the process, two special paintings were created for Joey and Maggie, and they are just beautiful. Joey's is great, and Maggie's is just awesome - the artist really captured Maggie's "look" - that wonderful "glare" that she gave Dad when she was tired of getting her photo taken, or any time her dinner was a few minutes late. Again, these will be something we will treasure for the rest of our lives. Thank you so much Turbo and Lily!

Beautiful paintings! Love the Frankenmuth dachshund, too. I'm lucky enough to live within an hour's drive of the Frankenmuth Brewery and visit there as much as I can. Their dachshund merch and vintage ads featuring short/long dogs is awesome, and their Hefeweizen and Doppelbock is delicious!

a wonderful gift! glad to see that you're doing some blogging. today a co worker and i helped find a home for a black n tan long haired doxie. such a joy to do. hope things are doing better for you and joey. mees doxies (schnitzel; winfred; wilbur)

These are stunningly beautiful and so accurate in detail. The artist is very adept - so glad you showed the pics that were the inspiration. They are treasures indeed. Kindly and with love, Jayne and Annie

we too love Doxies a LOT! we have dedicated to them an entire jewels collection, the first and only in the WORLD! We are artisans, from ROMA, Italia. This is the oper Facebook page we created for all dachsunds lovers like us. Hope you'0ll like it!

Favorite Love Stories From The Archives

The Long and Short of Dachshunds in Popular Culture

FALL AND WINTER FASHION FOR DACHSHUNDISTS

Put a Dachshund in your lap, turn up the volume, and select the full screen button at bottom right corner of video to view full size.

Speak!

Talk to Bette and Rowdy about it

(Your hosts, Bette and Rowdy)

Do you know a special dachshund? Wait..., they're all special! Submit a dachshund news story and tell us all about it. We're always looking for fun dachshund news, stories, art, history, trivia, or articles. The only requirement really is a nice photo, video, or image to go along with it. Send it on to your hosts, Bette and Rowdy. Or just drop a line to say 'Woof!' We apologize that we can't always get back to everyone for every wonderful piece submitted.